Amazing technology

[warlordQ]

Since living in Japan i have seen amazing stuff... Everyday i am constantly amazed at the general living stuff that i use all the time...

The following links are in Japanese, so you wont understand what the text says, there are pictures.. just have a look at the pictures...

Take the ICOCA card ( the words mean, IC On Card... but ICOCA is Kansai slang for "Lets go" ).. this card is the same size as a bank card, but that where the similarity ends... This card is super high tech... The train walk through system sends radio waves to the card, and recieves data from the card.. im not sure how it does this... its      amazing stuff..

the train walk through system:
http://www.jr-odekake.net/guide/icoca/kaisatsu.html

the ICOCA card: ( also my favourite japanese chick is in the photo )
http://www.jr-odekake.net/guide/icoca/
http://www.jr-odekake.net/guide/icoca/what.html

how to use the card:
http://www.jr-odekake.net/guide/icoca/conveni.html

And if you thought thats amazing, wait to you see what else it does You can have the card in your wallet or bag.. and just put your wallet or bag on the touch pad, theres no need to take the card out... These cards allow unlimited travel between the destinations 7 days a week for a full month.. but if you travel outside your destination, then before you travel you just add money credits to the card, and it will automatically deduct the credits off the card when you walk through the train walkthrough system at the destination side, it also tells you how much money is left on the card... After 1 month you have to re-charge the card, this is also amazing... you just go into the ticket place, and they put the card into this computer system, which not only tops the card, but it also rewrites the info on the card .... but if you cant get to a ticket office, then you can do the same with this ticket machine...

http://www.jr-odekake.net/guide/icoca/charge.html

The cash registers in the supermarkets are also amazing   They are a cross between a cash register, and a money vending machine... When you give them the money, they just throw the coins into a wide slot, then the change comes out of another slot.. they dont even have to count the money.... but the paper money, they count it in front of you....

[Chubz]

Dude.

You live in Japan.

Not fair.

I really hate you.  REALLY.

     

[sordit]

I suppose they use something like Radio frequency identification (RFID).
There are quite a lot of people worried about this technologie.. total tracking of consumers and so on..
ah.. yeah.. and concerning the girl. imho Myuu Azama looks much better.. ok, she's not your age. Ever watched Pretty Guardian Sailormoon anyway?

edit: ah.. yeah.. I forgot to tell that I also hate you for living in Japan. ...although.. a former classmate spend several month in Tokyo and they payed 800€/month for a 3 person flat in this tower.

[TheProgrammer]

Well, countrywise, I like Germany more than Japan. Mayber that's
because I'm a German cars fan. (currently driving VW, hopefully
Audi in the future.)

[AssKoala]

Japan is in a very good position technology wise.  They can congregate the technology in metropolitan areas and cover most of the populous.

Currently, I'm extremely intrigued by the Q-Bot. Amazing things they've done both in CS and Mechanical Engineering with it.

I'm still debating joining the Robotics team here at the University.  I was invited for a Mechanics team that competes in developing a machine that was blindly fired and had to land within 10 meters of an LZ 1000 meters away, without GPS, purely on calculations.

Whacky stuff.  Nobody has it, though our team came within 30 meters or so, iirc.

[satori]

Japan, Germany.... bah, check out Libya's Rocket car: http://www.finalcall.com/international/1999/oau9-21-99d.htm

 

[Plagiarize]

Currently, I'm extremely intrigued by the Q-Bot. Amazing things they've done both in CS and Mechanical Engineering with it.

are you talking about the thing you can rent at a number of six flags locations across america? i'm guessing no...

[warlordQ]

Yeah Sordit the RFID tags.. amazing stuff, i think used on trains, and Etags, is great stuff... but i can see this being a lot of problems in the privacy act...

I dunno the chicks name, i see her a lot on tv.. the commercials, and tv shows... shes hot...

AssKoala yeah they have a very big robotics research center about 20minutes from where i live... I have seen the new robots, and they are amazing.. the move like real humans.. so fliud and life like... i seen one on the news on tv... it was lying down then it kicked two legs in the air and flipped itself onto its feet... kind like martial arts stuff...

The cars 5 years old, have tv cameras on them... and they can park themselves... a friend of mine has one...

[warlordQ]

heres some robotic links:

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_12/b3724007.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3501336.stm
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994263
http://www.honda-robots.com/index_ori.html

[AssKoala]

Actually, ASIMO, Honda's Big Robot, is here at GeorgiaTech.  I'm going to go see the demonstration tommorow.  Last day to see it, iirc.

From what I hear, it is absolutely amazing.

http://www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.php?id=468

Honda's Page about ASIMO:
http://www.honda-robots.com/english/html/asimo/frameset2.html

[Brick_Sledge]

I want an army of ASIMOs.  I would make them all dance the robot in unison.

[warlordQ]

Yeah ASIMO is an old robot now, but its an amazing machine... there are newer ones, but i havnt been able to find them on the internet... Yeah youll will love the demo, ive seen it on tv in japan...

[warlordQ]

what about this one

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993398

[TheProgrammer]

The Honda Robot remains me of Master Chief.

[warlordQ]

Speaking of technology, heres some photos i took with my mobile phone... i forgot i had these on the internet...

enjoy... theres 6 photos, just click on the next one....
http://au.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hot_to_nite/detail?.dir=/6525&.dnm=8365.jpg